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1. (n.) sgraffito
a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
2. sgraffito
an object, esp. pottery, decorated by this technique.
Etymology: (1720–30; < It, ptp. of sgraffire to do sgraffito work; see ex1, graffito)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sgraffito
a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sgraffito
scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. sgraffito
a decorative wall painting, produced by layers of plaster applied to a moistened surface and afterwards operated on so as to produce a picture.
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